Madefire: Digital comics startup Madefire is shutting down

R.I.P. Madefire, a startup that recruited high-profile artists to reinvent comics for new formats and platforms. An announcement on the Madefire website states the company entered into "an assignment of benefit for creditors" (explained as "a state-level insolvency proceeding similar to bankruptcy") earlier this month, which was then reported this morning in The Beat. As [...]